Bullet-thrusting structure of the toy gun magazine

ABSTRACT

A bullet-thrusting structure of the toy gun magazine has a magazine guided channel furnished in the gun body. The magazine guided channel has a outward communicating opening furnished at one end and a bullet chamber connected at the other end for containing the ready-percussion bullets. A magazine having a long-shaped bullet containing space for containing bullets and capable of being stretched in through the opening has a bullet exit, which is connected to the bullet containing space, furnished at one end and a thrusting spring furnished at the other end. A bullet-thrusting element package is consisted of a combining element which is propped against the thrusting spring, a connecting piece, and a bullet-thrusting head having an arcuate part for squeezing the bullets contained in the bullet containing space in the direction toward the bullet exit. By use of the flexible pivotally connected mechanism and in accommodating with the arcuate part design, the invention is capable of effectively overcoming the variation of various magazine shapes and related gun body structures to smoothly thrust all the bullets into the bullet chamber.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the invention

The invention relates to a bullet-thrusting structure of the toy gunmagazine, and more particularly, to a bullet-thrusting structure of thetoy gun magazine that is capable of making smooth bullet loading andensuring all the bullets be sent to the ready-percussion position.

2. Description of the Prior Art

The toy gun magazine structure of the prior art making use of compressedair to percuss plastic bullet mainly includes a rectangular-shapedchannel way capable of containing plastic bullets having a thrustingspring furnished at the bottom thereof and a bullet-thrusting headfurnished at the action end of the thrusting spring contacts the plasticbullets. The toy gun of the prior art, by making use of thebullet-thrusting head thrust by the spring, is capable of squeezing theplastic bullets to slide along the rectangular-shaped channel way andsequentially entering the ready-percussion position. On a basicconsideration, the general bullet-thrusting head is an integrally formedstructure.

In practical application, the combined and connected parts of theconfiguration of the magazine and gun body vary in accordance with thevariation of their models and structures, Consequently, it is quitepossible that the plastic bullets pass through curve way in variousdirections when the bullets enter the ready-percussion position.However, since the above-mentioned integrally formed structure of thebullet-thrusting head is unable to be bent or twisted, one who designsthe magazine needs to pay attention to avoid the excessive curve-shapedstructure which may result in the obstruction or friction of thebullet-thrusting head in order to maintain the smoothness of thebullet-thrusting action. In this way, the design of the magazine islimited to straight-line type structure with relatively smaller angle ofbent structure. This is the shortcoming of the conventional magazinedesign.

In light of the shortcoming of the toy gun magazine design of the priorart, the invention provides an improved magazine design to have flexiblebullet-thrusting design in order to smoothly thrusting all the bulletswithout making the blocking of bullets in the magazine.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The primary objective of the invention is to provide a bullet-thrustingstructure of the toy gun magazine having a bullet-thrusting elementpackage designed with various curve and bent channel ways to ensurethrusting the last bullet into ready-percussion position in order toavoid any bullet remain in the magazine.

The other objective of the invention is to provide a bullet-thrustingstructure of the toy gun magazine having its bullet-thrusting elementpackage capable of adapting to various magazine shapes and relatedstructural combinations to be widely adapted to its application rangeand to have relatively better economical efficacy, to maintain smoothbullet entering action, and to improve service quality for the user.

To achieve the above-mentioned objective, the invention provides abullet-thrusting structure of the toy gun magazine having a magazineguided channel furnished in the gun body. The magazine guided channelhas a outward communicating opening furnished at one end and a bulletchamber connected at the other end for containing the ready-percussionbullets. A magazine having a long-shaped bullet containing space forcontaining bullets and capable of being stretched in through the openinghas a bullet exit, which is connected to the bullet containing space,furnished at one end and a thrusting spring furnished at the other end.A bullet-thrusting element package is consisted of a combining elementwhich is propped against the thrusting spring, a connecting piece, and abullet-thrusting head having an arcuate part for squeezing the bulletscontained in the bullet containing space in the direction toward thebullet exit. By use of the flexible pivotally connected mechanism and inaccommodating with the arcuate part design, the invention is capable ofeffectively overcoming the variation of various magazine shapes andrelated gun body structures to smoothly thrust against all the bulletsinto the bullet chamber.

In accordance with the above-mentioned structure, the connecting piecehas a first pivotally connected bearing and a second pivotally connectedbearing oppositely disposed, and the combining element and thebullet-thrusting head has a first pivotally connected shaft and a secondpivotally connected shaft respectively for stretching into the firstpivotally connected bearing and the second pivotally connected bearingrespectively making the combining element, connecting piece, and thebullet-thrusting head combine into a pivotally connected structure ofthe bullet-thrusting element package.

In accordance with the above-mentioned structure, the connecting piecehas a first lug and a second lug, and the combining element and thebullet-thrusting head has a first containing slot and a secondcontaining slot respectively for containing the first lug and the secondlug respectively to form a pivotally connected structure of thebullet-thrusting element package capable of avoiding the coming-off ofthe elements in the bullet-thrusting element package.

In accordance with the above-mentioned structure, the bullet-thrustinghead has at least a side recess part on the side thereof.

In accordance with the above-mentioned structure, the combining elementhas a lower salient part for thrusting against the thrusting springcontained in the lower end of the bullet containing space.

In accordance with the above-mentioned structure, the magazine has astopper part furnished at the lower end opening thereof for covering theopening.

In accordance with the above-mentioned structure, at least atransversally-extended salient part is furnished in the mid-section ofthe magazine and correspondingly, a stub tube is furnished at themid-section of the bullet-case guided channel with areciprocally-sliding catch pin furnished therein, where the catch pinhas a side flange furnished at a partial side thereof capable ofstopping the catch pin at the salient part of the magazine during thepartial process of the reciprocally-sliding motion.

In accordance with the above-mentioned structure, an axially extendedsalient post is furnished in the stub tube and a correspondingaxially-extended recess part is furnished in the catch pin; attachedalso a restoring spring which is placed between the salient post and therecess part making the catch pin maintain restoring resiliency subjectedto an externally exerting force.

In accordance with the above-mentioned structure, the gun body isassembled by covering a pair of half shell parts to form a barrel, ahandle, and a trigger, and the barrel has a dynamic percussion elementpackage furnished thereof with a bullet chamber formed between thebarrel and the dynamic percussion element package.

In accordance with the above-mentioned structure, the magazine guidedchannel is furnished in the handle of the gun body.

The accomplishment of this and other objectives of the invention willbecome apparent from the following description and its accompanyingdrawings of which:

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is an isometric and exploded view of the related element packageof the gun body of the invention;

FIG. 2 is an isometric and exploded view of the structure of thebullet-thrusting element package of the invention;

FIG. 3 is an isometric view of the outward appearance of the overallassembled structure of the invention;

FIG. 4 is an front cross-sectional view of the outward appearance of theassembled structure of the invention;

FIG. 5 is a schematic drawing (I) showing the bullet-thrusting action ofthe bullet-thrusting element package of the invention;

FIG. 6 is a schematic drawing (II) showing the bullet-thrusting actionof the bullet-thrusting element package of the invention;

FIG. 7 is a schematic drawing showing the status when a bullet is loadedin the gun body of the invention;

FIG. 8 is a schematic drawing showing the magazine is positioned by thecatch pin of the invention;

FIG. 9 is a schematic drawing showing the status when the magazine isreleased by the catch pin of the invention;

FIG. 10 is a schematic drawing showing the status when the magazine isremoved after it is released by the catch pin of the invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT

FIG. 1 is an isometric and exploded view of the related element packageof the gun body of the invention; FIG. 2 is an isometric and explodedview of the structure of the bullet-thrusting element package of theinvention; FIG. 3 is an isometric view of the outward appearance of theoverall assembled structure of the invention; while FIG. 4 is an frontcross-sectional view of the outward appearance of the assembledstructure of the invention. As shown in FIG. 1, FIG. 2, FIG. 3, and FIG.4, the main structure of the bullet-thrusting structure of toy gunmagazine of the invention mainly includes a gun body (1),bullet-thrusting element package (2), and magazine (3), wherein the gunbody (1) being combined by two oppositely combined half shell parts(10), (100) includes a barrel (11), a handle (12), and a trigger (13).The barrel (11) has a dynamic percussion element package (14) furnishedat the rear half end thereof. The barrel (11) and the dynamic percussionelement package (14) are assembled together to be furnished on the topside of a battery (5) which is furnished at the front half end of thehalf Shell parts (10) where a bullet chamber (152) capable of containinga bullet (A) ready to be percussed is furnished there between. Thehandle (12) has a bullet-case guided channel (15) and a motor (121)furnished therein. The motor (121) is capable of driving the dynamicpercussion element package (14) to accomplish a ready-percussion actionthrough a gear set (122). In addition, the bullet-case guided channel(15) having an opening (151), which is capable of communicating outward,furnished at an end thereof, and having a bullet chamber (152) connectedat the other end thereof has a stub tube (16) furnished at themid-section thereof. The stub tube (16) having a hollow opening (162)communicating outward furnished in the gun body (1) has a salient post(161), which is extended transversally, furnished therein. The catch pin(4) having a recess (41) furnished therein and capable of slipping onthe corresponding salient post (161) is capable of sliding inreciprocation manner in the stub tube (16). The catch pin (4) having apressing end part (43) capable of projecting out of the stub tube (16)through the hollow opening (162) has a side flange (42) furnished at apartial side thereof. The side flange (42) further has a couple ofsecond cants (421) furnished thereof by extending in the directiontoward the pressing end part (43) making the pressing end part (43) tobe force-exerted in association with the resilient action of a restoringspring (411) so as to link the catch pin (4) to perform reciprocatingsliding motion within the stub tube (16).

The magazine (3) being combined by two oppositely disposed half-casebodies (30), (300) and having a long-shaped bullet containing space (31)for containing bullets (A) is stretched into the magazine guided channel(15) through the opening (151) of the gun body (1). The bulletcontaining space (31) has a bullet exit (311), which is communicative tothe bullet chamber (152), furnished at one end thereof and has a stopperpart (34), which is capable of blocking the exterior side of the opening(151) of gun body (1), furnished at other end thereof with a thrustingspring (33) provided at this end too. in addition, the magazine (3) hasat least a salient part (32) protruded transversely at the mid-sectionthereof where the salient part (32) has a first cant (321) adverselydisposed from the first cants (421) of the side flange (42).

The bullet-thrusting element package (2) consists of a combining element(21), a connecting piece (22), and a bullet-thrusting head (23). Theconnecting piece (22) has a first lug (223) and a second lug (224) thatare oppositely disposed and corresponded each other with a firstpivotally connected bearing (221) and a second pivotally connectedbearing (222) respectively. The combining element (21) has a lowersalient part (211) for propping against the thrusting spring (33), afirst pivotally connected shaft (212) for stretching through the firstpivotally connected bearing (221), and a first containing slot (213) forcontaining the fitted-there-in first lug (223) so as to form acoming-off-preventing pivotally connected assembly. The bullet-thrustinghead (23) has a second pivotally connected shaft (231) furnished at oneend thereof for stretching through the second pivotally connectedbearing (222) of the second lug (224), an arcuate part (232) furnishedat the other end thereof for propping against the bullets (A) in thebullet containing space (31) so as to consistently maintain the bullets(A) in thrusting toward the bullet exit (311), a side recess parts (233)on both sides in the mid-section thereof depending on what is necessary,as well as a second containing slot (234) for containing thefitted-there-in second lug (224) so as to form a coming-off-preventingpivotally connected assembly.

FIG. 5 is a schematic drawing (1) showing the bullet-thrusting action ofthe bullet-thrusting element, package of the invention, FIG. 6 is aschematic drawing (II) showing the bullet-thrusting action of thebullet-thrusting element package of the invention, while FIG. 7 is aschematic drawing showing the status when a bullet is loaded in the gunbody of the invention. As shown in FIG. 5, FIG. 6, and FIG. 7, when itcomes to use, the bullets (A) being loaded in the magazine (3) arethrust by the combining element (21), the connecting piece (22), and thebullet-thrusting head (23) of the bullet-thrusting element package (2)all the way through the bullet exit (311) (see FIG. 1) of the magazine(3), a curve path (153) located at the intersection between the barrel(11) and is the bullet containing space (31) of the magazine (3) wherethe arcuate part (232) of the bullet-thrusting head (23) is capable ofsmoothly sliding on the surface of the bullets (A), and the side recessparts (233) of the bullet-thrusting head (23) is capable of avoiding theinterference in the corner at the curve path (153), especially when thelast few bullets (A) or the very last bullet (A) are thrust. Moreover,the combining element (21), the connecting piece (22), and thebullet-thrusting head (23) of the bullet-thrusting element package (2)are capable of being flexibly bent during the moving through the curvepath (153). In this way, all the bullets (A) in the magazine (3) arecapable of being completely sent into the bullet chamber (152) andpercussed from the barrel (11) without having any bullets (A) remain inthe magazine (3).

FIG. 8 is a schematic drawing showing the magazine is positioned by thecatch pin of the invention; FIG. 9 is a schematic drawing showing thestatus when the magazine is released by the catch pin of the invention;FIG. 10 is a schematic drawing showing the status when the magazine isremoved after it is released by the catch pin of the invention. As shownin FIG. 8, FIG. 9, and FIG. 10, as the magazine (3) of the invention isinserted into the handle (12) of the gun body (1) to be positioned, theside flange (42) of the catch pin (4) is exactly propped against thesalient part (32) of the magazine (3) making the magazine (3) maintainin locking position without coming off. As the user presses the pressingend part (43) making the restoring spring (411) be compressed, the sideflange (42) be displaced, and the second cant (421) of the side flange(42) be separated from the corresponding first cants (321) of thesalient part (32) so that the locking status of the magazine (3) isreleased making the magazine (3) be apt to be exerted by pulling outwardby the stopper part (34), and be released off the handle (12) of the gunbody (1). After the magazine (3) is taking out of the gun body (1), thecatch pin (4) is restored to the original position by being exerted bythe resilient force of the restoring spring (411). When the magazine (3)is inserted again into the handle (12) of the gun body (1), by employingthe design of the first cants (321) of the magazine (3) and the secondcant (421) of the side flange (42), the salient part (32) is able to bethrust against the side flange (42) making the restoring spring (411) becompressed, and in the mean time, the salient part (32) is capable ofmaking the side flange (42) to be pushed back the position of catchingthe salient part (32) by the resilient force released by the restoringspring (411) through the side flange (42), thereby the magazine (3) isrestored back to the original catching status available to be used bythe user.

CONCLUSION

It is understood from the above-mentioned description that thebullet-thrusting structure of the toy gun magazine of the invention iscapable of substantially improving the smoothness of bullet thrustingaction to completely percuss all the bullets in the bullet containingspace (31) of the magazine (3), thereby ensuring the efficacy ofpercussing the bullets.

It will become apparent to those people skilled in the art that variousmodifications and variations can be made to the structure of theinvention without departing from the scope or spirit of the invention.In view of the foregoing description, it is intended that all themodifications and variation fall within the scope of the followingappended claims and their equivalents.

What is claimed is:
 1. A bullet-thrusting structure of the toy gunmagazine, at least comprising: a gun body further comprising at least amagazine guided channel which has a opening furnished at one end forcommunicating outward, and a bullet chamber furnished at the other endto be connected to a bullet chamber for containing bullets ready to bepercussed, and a battery; a magazine being stretched into the magazineguided channel through the opening of the gun body further comprising along-shaped bullet containing space which has a bullet exit furnished atone end for communicating toward the bullet chamber and a thrustingspring furnished at the other end; and a bullet-thrusting elementpackage being furnished in the bullet containing space of the magazinefurther comprising a combining element propping against the thrustingspring, a bullet-thrusting head, which has an arcuate part, furnished atone end thereof and the arcuate part is propped against the bulletscontained in the bullet containing space, and a connecting piece whichis connected to the combining element at one end thereof, and isconnected to the bullet-thrusting head at the other end thereof.
 2. Thebullet-thrusting structure of the toy gun magazine as claimed in claim1, wherein the connecting piece has a first pivotally connected bearingand a second pivotally connected bearing oppositely disposed, and thecombining element, and the bullet-thrusting head has a first pivotallyconnected shaft and the bullet-thrusting head has a second pivotallyconnected shaft respectively for stretching into the first pivotallyconnected bearing and the second pivotally connected bearingrespectively making the combining element, connecting piece, and thebullet-thrusting head combine into a pivotally connected structure ofthe bullet-thrusting element package.
 3. The bullet-thrusting structureof the toy gun magazine as claimed in claim 2, wherein the connectingpiece has a first lug and a second lug, and the combining element has afirst containing slot and the bullet-thrusting head has a secondcontaining slot respectively for containing the first lug and the secondlug respectively to form a pivotally connected structure of thebullet-thrusting element package capable of avoiding the coming-off ofthe elements in the bullet-thrusting element package.
 4. Thebullet-thrusting structure of the toy gun magazine as claimed in claim1, wherein the bullet-thrusting head has at least a side recess part onthe side thereof.
 5. The bullet-thrusting structure of the toy gunmagazine as claimed in claim 1, wherein the combining element has alower salient part for thrusting against the thrusting spring containedin the lower end of the bullet containing space.
 6. The bullet-thrustingstructure of the toy gun magazine as claimed in claim 1, wherein themagazine has a stopper part furnished at the lower end opening thereoffor covering the opening.
 7. The bullet-thrusting structure of the toygun magazine as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least atransversally-extended salient part is furnished in the mid-section ofthe magazine and correspondingly, a stub tube is furnished at themid-section of the bullet-case guided channel with areciprocally-sliding catch pin furnished therein, where the catch pinhas a side flange furnished at a partial side thereof capable ofstopping the catch pin at the salient part of the magazine during thepartial process of the reciprocally-sliding motion.
 8. Thebullet-thrusting structure of the toy gun magazine as claimed in claim7, wherein an axially extended salient post is furnished in the stubtube and a corresponding axially-extended recess part is furnished inthe catch pin; attached also a restoring spring which is placed betweenthe salient post and the recess part making the catch pin maintainrestoring resiliency subjected to an externally exerting force.
 9. Thebullet-thrusting structure of the toy gun magazine as claimed in claim1, wherein the gun body is assembled by covering a pair of half shellparts to form a band, a handle, and a trigger, and the barrel has a Isdynamic percussion element package furnished thereof with a bulletchamber formed between the barrel and the dynamic percussion elementpackage.
 10. The bullet-thrusting structure of the toy gun magazine asclaimed in claim 9, wherein the magazine guided channel is furnished inthe handle of the gun body.